Andrew Worsdale

Andrew Worsdale speaks to Michael Rix, the maker of <i>Tengers</i>, SA’s first feature-length animated film, which takes a darkly humorous look at the realities of living in Jozi.

The SA film industry is present at Cannes this year, but primarily from a trade perspective, reports Andrew Worsdale.

"Soon there will be a Big Fat Something-or-other Wedding or a Bend it like Beckham from South Africa that charms everyone." Ster-Kinekor product manager Helen Kuun tells Andrew Worsdale about the distribution of <i>Malunde</i> and the potential for a Great South African film.

Black empowerment corporation Nail, which formed a new arm dubbed New African Media Films last year, started shooting its first movie on October 1, writes Andrew Worsdale.

More than 70 representatives of the South African film industry attended a seminar by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) in Johannesburg last week to iron out problems plaguing the trade, reports Andrew Worsdale.

Andrew Worsdale visits the set of Darrell Roodt’s ‘Mission Impossible without a budget’.

Last week about 150 members of the film and TV industry met at the Sandton Convention Centre with their European counterparts for the first ever European/South Africa Film Symposium. Organised by the National Film and Video Foundation and the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology at a cost of R1,2-million the three-day symposium was a think-tank on how the industry can develop.

A new organisation has been launched to promote and encourage film-makers in Southern Africa, Andrew Worsdale reports.

A selection of the best movies at the National Arts Festival, chosen by Andrew Worsdale.

South Africa’s film industry has a new star in Peakviewing Productions, which has, in two years, become a thriving success. Andrew Worsdale reports.

Two enterprising souls are trying to breathe new life into an old movie-house in a Windhoek township, reports Andrew Worsdale.

The dispute over payments for feel-good flick Heel Against the Head continues, reports Andrew Worsdale.

Feel-good movie Heel Against the Head has left a trail of debt and bad blood. Andrew Worsdale reports.

Oliver Schmitz, director of the acclaimed Mapantsula, is making a new feature film after 13 years. But while the actors are local, the money is all foreign, reports Andrew Worsdale.

There was a strong South African presence at this year’s Rotterdam Film Festival. Andrew Worsdale was there.

This year’s Gay and Lesbian Film Festival includes many titles about lesser-known subjects and off-beat communities, writes Andrew Worsdale.

Foreign companies are exploiting the favourable exchange rate and SA’s skilled movie crews to make feature films for much less, writes Andrew Worsdale.

LAST year provided a movie minefield of choices. But ultimately, the cinema side of the fest was less of a success than expected. Carsten Rasch and Trevor Steele-Taylor programmed an innovative selection of alternative films in their Sinema season including John Woo’s fabulous Hong Kong actioner Hard Boiled and Donald Cammel’s wildly erotic but virtually […]